Art Deco Edit Terracotta Art Deco sunburst design above front doors of the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles; built 1930. The Art Deco style began in Europe in the early years of the 20th century, with the waning of Art Nouveau . The term "Art Deco" was taken from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, a world’s fair held in Paris in 1925. [28] Art Deco rejected many traditional classical influences in favour of more streamlined geometric forms and metallic color. The Art Deco style influenced all areas of design, especially interior design, because it was the first style of interior decoration to spotlight new technologies and materials. [29] Art Deco style is mainly based on geometric shapes, streamlining, and clean lines. [30] [31] The style offered a sharp, cool look of mechanized living utterly at odds with anything that came before. [32] Art Deco rejected traditional ma...
